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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-05

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-05

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-05

:s-It you bagainsn city outside property call
Now is the time buy Real Estate in Rock Island 1t is
SAFE AND SURE The future promises much that will be
beneficial to the city Everything points increased values in
realty.
DON'T WAIT.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-05

If have Property SELL call
sale We will
if possible.
MEDILL & WHITEHEAD
Post
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
Wade Hampton's Belief in Prayer.

Z. L. White, IN The american Magazine.
The love and admiration in which
he is held By the people Of South
Carolina are illustrated in an Incl.
dent related by General Hampton
when he was recovering from his
sickness.
Il am certain" lie said, THAT my
life was saved by the fervent prayers
of the people of South Carolina. 1
was at the point of death and had
lost all interest in life, when / re-
ceived a letter from an old Methodist
minister, friend, telling me of the
deep and devout petitions put up for
my restoration to health by the Meth
odist Conference then in session at
Newberry. The letter closed by
begging me to exercise my will to
live ir response to the supplications
of the people of the whole State, who
were praying for me night and day
in every household. When | heard
the letter read 1 promised my sister
thst I would heed the kind, loving
words of the man of God, and arouse
nv will to live. That night [ fell
nto a deep sleep and dreamed most
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
An Editors Impressions Of Newberry

c. ". Birchn1ore, in Waterss Messenger.
AS was stated in our last issue, we
were assigned to Mr.. D. B. Wheeler's,
where We received cordial welcome,
both by him and his family and the
excellent young gentlemen of the
Newberry College who are boarding
with him. To these young gentle
men We are indebted for many cour-
tesies extended US. We were very
kindly shown through their flourish
ing college by them.
We have never met o more gener-
ous and noble people than those of
Newberry. Coupled with her open.
handed hospitality, Newberry is one
of the most enterprising towns in the
State. A fine cotton factory has
been built there in the last few years,
and quite number of new houses
are in course of construction May
Gods choicest blessings ever rest
upon her noble people is our sincere
wish. We hope it may be our pleas
ure to visit Newberry again. There
is much more we could say of our
"trip, but our space will not permit.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
A sword in the Hand OF q Falling
Man Pierces q Friend.

RALEIGH. N. c., April 2S.-rhere
was a procession yesterday in Clin-
ton in honor of the completion Of q
railway, and thousands of people
lined the streets. Colonel William
G. Jones, prominent young officer
WAS in command of the troops, as
Colonel of the Second Infantry Reg
iment. His horse, alarmed at
the noise, became unmanageable
and dashed wildly into group of
marshals. Colonel Jones was thrown
violently from his saddle, holding fast
in his right hand his drawn sword,
which, as he fell, pierced the body
of H. A. James, one of the marshals.
Both men fell together, while their
horses dashed away. The sword,
which was q United States regulation
blade, transfxed Mr.. James from
back to breast, the blade entering on
the left side of the spine. After
passing through the body it snapped
near the hilt. The sword was drawn
out by the point, which protruded
several inches in front, near the
breast bone.
The accident occurred immediate
ly in front of the residence of DR..
James's father, and both Dir. James
and Colonel Jones we're taken to this
house in state of Inconsistencies.
The regimental surgeon and other
physicians say that the wound may
not prove fatal, as the lungs were
not touched. Col. Jones narrowly
escaped conclusion Of the brain and
the dreadful occurrence nearly drives
him mad.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05

says: 1t is very probable that Will
lie Swearengin did kill tue negro,
but there Was no reliable testimony
to that effect introduced before the
jury Of inquest. The testimony of
DR.. W. D. Jennings, ST., was that he
came to his death by sharp instru-
ment. Willie Swearengin was not
present, and made no statement to
the jury. Two negroes being sworn,
said they did not see Swearengin
with knife, nor did they see any
tussle between Swearengin and the
negro We are very glad Mr.. Tur-
ncr has spoken-and so distinctly.
And perhaps, after all, we who are
not upon our solemn oath. and have
not the life of a fellow being in some
degree in our hands and upon our
conscience, often speak too quickly.
That jury was composed not only Of
good men, but extremely sensible.
ones. If they did what their con-
sciences approve, no one has any
right to upbraid them.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05

vividly that I was in a spacious
room in which I was moved to all
parts of the State, so that met my
assembled friends everywhere. 1 re.
member most distinctly Of all, old
Beaufort, where I had last been. !
saw immense assemblages, and as l
looked down upon them a grave per-
sonage approached me and touched
me on the shoulder and said to me /:
These people are praping for you.
Live! Live!! Live!!' I never real
lied anything like it before. 1t
seemed a vision. I woke the next
morning feeling the life.blood creep
ing through my veins, and 1 told my
family that the crisis was passed and
that should get better"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05

What is meant by such advertise.
ments as French without a teacher -
German in three MONTHS and dozens
Of others of the same nature? Are
we getting the educational system so
perfect that teachers and pupils can
rest in the shade while an education
is being got? We have sweated and
worried over things these advertise.
ments seem to count child's play.
Have all the difficulties been brushed
away? 1t really seems that there is
danger of forgetting that the educated
person is cultured person, and chat
method substituted for earnest work
will not cultivate.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
The IMPERFECTION OF HUMAN
JUSTICE.
Three Attempts to Hang Man who was After
wards Found Innocent.
atlanta Constitution.

-d3tGUtU COUStUuLtON.
Human justice is 9 mockery. 1t
makes terrible mistakes, and never
makes reparation. Perhaps We have
not, as in Shakcspeare's day, lean,
lank and hungry judges who will
hang the guiltless rather than eat
their mutton cold, but we have occa-
sionally stupid judges, prejudiced ju-
rors and perjured witnesses. The
peEitentiaries of every State contain
innocent men, and in some instances
the wrong men have suffered death
on the gallows.
A remarkable case in point is re-
ported from England. About two
years ago maiden lady of consider
able wealth was murdered and robbed
in her summer residence. Her man.
servant, a man named Lee, was sus.
pected, arrested, convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence, and sentenced
to hang.
Three efforts were made to hang
Lee, and each time the rope broke.
The hangman was horri6ed, and other
officials shared his reluctance to pro-
ceed with the business. When the
facts were reported to the home Sec
retafy, Lees sentence was quietly
commutcd to imprisonmet for life.
Now for the climax. Recently q
woman who was Lee's-feilow servant
confessed on her dying bed that she
killed her mistress. She declared
that Lee had no connection with the
affair and stated facts strongly con-
frmatory of her confession.
1t is some satisfaction to know
that the government at once ordered
the release of the man who had so
narrowly escaped an Infamous
death, and now proposes to offer him
pecuniary compensation for his in
juries. But there can he no adequate
compensation. There Is no remedy,
no compensation for such frightful
wrong.
When men engage in the admins
tration of justice they should do it
with fear and trembling. At best
human justice is fearfully imperfect.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
a Bright Career Cut Short by the
Deadly Pistol.

A dispatch from Newberry dated
April I'd, says:
Mr.. John B. Jones died this morn
ing having lived nearly a week since
he was shot last Saturday, and having
suffered agonies of pain since. He
displayed a great deal Of nerve
throughout the whole affair, was cool
and collected at times, and conscious
almost to the last moment.
The Rev. L. P. McClintock has
been very faithful in his ministrations
to the wounded man, and Mr.. Jones
founI great comfort in talking with
him in regard to the future. About -
o'clock last night his mind cleared
up, it seemed, almost entirely, and
he called all the family around him,
and, after kissing them goodbye,
one by one, all knelt in prayer. The
parting was one of the most pathetic
and touching scenes ever beheld.
He seemed to realize the situation,
and, after telling all goodbye, pass
ed away.
Mr.. Jones was the youngest son
of Major Lambert J. Jones. He was
one of the most prominent young
lawyers at this bar, full of promise,
with bright future before him to be
thus Gut down in the spring-time Of
his young manhood. The blow to
his family is a heavy one and hard
to bear. They have the heartfelt
sympathy of the entire community.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
"Too Late-Terrible Words--Too Late"
Charleston DISPATCH.

The following pathetic letter, writ.
ten by the father of the late Col.
Jones, who was recently killed in an
encounter with Col. Johnstone, at
Newberry, appeared in late issue of
the Neacberry Herald:
Mr.. Editor: Permit Inc through your
paper (the only way I can reach them
ally to express to the good people OF
Newberry, both town and county, how
mnch myself and family feel and appre-
ciate their spontaneous, beautiful, touch
ing sympathy for us, in our sad, heart
rending affiction, caused BY the tragic
death Of our beloved Johnnie, our Ben
iamin. 1t melted our hearts, soitened
our feelings, and enabled us to bear up
under this sore bereavement with more
fortitude that we could otherwise have
done. The very remembrance Of it now
touches our hearts and melts them to
tears. 1t is sweet to know and feel that
we have the warm, gushing, heatfelt
sympathy OF the whole community in
this hour Of trial. God bless them for
it.
What can I say that will sufficiently
convey our appreciation at the tender,
un:iring devotion Of the young men,
and his physicians, to our dear Johnnie,
from the very moment he was wounded
to the breathing of his last breath? l
have. not cords sufficient to express
how much we appreciate their beautiful
devotion to him, and their untiring ef-
forts to save him from L premature
grave. 1t has impressed lis with 4 fee
ing OF gratitude which vii! never, never
grow weaker while life lasts. 1t was, ir-
deed, beautiful to see the gentle. tender,
watchful attention which they gave him
during the whole time of his suffering,
and especially during the dark, melan-
choly hours Of the night. Ihave never
before seen such pure, un$elf>h, un-
tiring devotion in all my life. May God
bless each and all of them, and may they
have at their bedside the same kind Of
devoted attentions if they should ever
be so unfortunate as to need it.
After the sad end had come, and our
dsiu baby-boy was no more, our hearts
were again tenderly and deeply touched
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
A Word from the Edgefeld..Jury Of In
quest.
Edge1feld Chronicle.

The Hon. George W. Turner was
foreman Of the jury Of inquest which
sat upon The body Of John Miller, the
negro m& supposed to have been
killed by young Willie Swearengin.
Mr.. Turner, as we all know, is one Of
the truest and most truthful citizens
Of our county. He has written US
letter in which he objects strongly,
though in a manly and honest way,
to what he calls our ''stringent criti-
cisms and reflections upon the jury
of inquest" Mr.. Turner says very
distinctly tiat neither was the testl-
mony clear enough to himself or to
any of his fellow jurymen for them
to conscientiously name the person
who inflicted the fatal wcuHd. He
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
Horrible LynchinS Affair In West
Virginia.

New YORK, April 3O.-A special
from Procton, W. Va, says: The
bodies Of three negroes, brothers,
named Sylvester were found hanging
to a tree on the road side, six miles
East of here, yesterday. Each body
bore placard on which was written {:
"Nigger thievery must be broken up
The farmers in the neigbborhood
have suffered depredations at the
hands of unknown persons, and it
seems they finally settled on the
Sylvesters as the guilty ohes. These
negroes lived comparatively COM
fortably, yet scarcely ever did any
work. No arrests have been made.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
A Solid Fact.

A Texas paper expresses solid
fact thus: A county without live,
thorough going. get up.and-get news
paper is like a train without loco
motive-dead, inert, motionless and
without attraction. Let no business
man say he cannot afford to patro-
nize the county paper. He might as
well say he cannot afford to do busi-
ness. The newspaper is really a
joint stock affair, and every man who
takes any pride in his county ought
to lend his support to keep up bis
county newspaper.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
NEWBERRY, S. c., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1887.

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evergreens, by the deft hands ofwoman,
guided by the promptings which only
the tender, loving, sympathetic heart OF
woman is capable. Our hearts were
full before, but this delicate, loving,
tender expression OF sympathy and
kindliaess on the part of the ladies,
caused them to melt and flow out in
tears.
May the choicest blessings heaven Of
be showered down upon them, and may
their hearts never be lacerated and
wounded as ours have been.
L. J. JONES.
We have here the most touching
expressions of gratitude from a
father to the people of his town for
their loving kindness to bis dying
son who fell victim to his own i'm
pulsiveness and the imprudence of a
brother lawyer. We deeply sylnpa-
thizc with the father and the family
of the deceased, for in this case a val
liable life has been unnecessarily
sacrificed, and it is hard to see
''The young, the noble and truly brave,
Cut off in bloom for deaths cold grave"
But no words of ours, nor the gen.
erosity of friends can restore the sun
light of happiness to the home which
has been shrouded in gloom by a
deed which is even now deplored by
the perpetrator. All comes too late.
OF the dead we can say nothing but
good; for the living antagonist, who
was also severely wounded, we have
only the kindest sympathy. Both
are the victims of the rash deed-one
fingered in agony and died, the other
will walk the earth in sadness during
the days of his natural life. But
neither, perhaps, will ever know the
anguish he has caused to the limo.
cent of the home circle.
Youthful blood, hot words, a few
flashes and reports and the tragedy
was begun, not complication God
only knows the train of misfortunes
which follow such terrible deeds.
The letter above tells in unmistaka-
BILE terms that one family, at least,
is bowed by the weight of grief, but
how and when that grief will end is
a knowledge not given to mortals to
know. 1t may be that heart broken
father will sink prematurely to his
grave. Perhaps q mother or a sister,
like Niobe, all tears, will never smile
again, and in their despair cry out
for 'our Benjamin." "who was and
is not Or there may be in the pic
ture, "another, not sister, in those
happy days gone BY" who like some
lone flower of tue wilderness will pine
in solitude.
tits too latenow to say what ought
to have been done, what might have
been done, to have prevented the re-
cent tragedy, but it is to be hoped
that its results will prove lesson fol
some of our quick tempered youths
in the future.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
A Justice In Laurens Looking After the
Money for His Jurors.
Laurens Adratiser.

In the town Of Laurens, in the.
State of South Carolina, in the nine.
teenth century, year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty
seven and in the month of April; a.
Judicial officer of this county told q
jury composed of six intelligent men
who had heard q criminal case and
failed to agree, that if they would
convict the mar they would be paid
for their services az jurors, but ifthey
failed or acquitted him, they would
not be paid.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
LONDON'S STREETS.
They are Carefully Swept for Physical
Dirt, but the Moral Filth Is Appall-
ing.
T. C. Crawford, in Ne,o York World.

I. G. Crawford, IN Neao ORR Wortd.
Within certain limits there is more
freedom in England than perhaps IN
any other country in the world. But
once you are outside of those limits,
the restrictions are greater than any
where else, except Russia. The au.
tnorities Of London appear to be
largely content with keeping the
streets absolutely clean. The pave
ments are marvel of solidity end
excellence. They are kept perfectly
clean in the most remote and poorer
quarters by perfect system of street
sweeping. But the supervision of
the streets appears to cease after the
mere dirt and filth is cleared away.
There is apparently no control over
the lawless population which wanders
about the streets of London the min.
ute that night appears. Begging Of
the most impudent and shameless
character is unchecked by the police.
The rudest kind Of alterations and
rows may take place under the very
noses of the police without attracting
their attention. 1t was only recently
that criminal, having committed a
murder, visited one of the police sta
tions to satisfy his curiosity. He
was known then to the police as the
murderer. Some time afterwards, in
the course Of an investigation, the
fact Of this visit was discovered.
Police were asked why they did not
arrest the man, and the answer was
that there had been no reward put
up. It is one of the most notorious
facts of London life that shameless
women walk the streets in droves,
and appear after certain hour of the
night to have the right of way and
control Of the streets. Nothing that
has ever been written about this has
approached semblance of the real
truth. The police pay no attention
to them. They may be as drunk as
they please, shout or sing as loud as
they like, or be as annoying to pass
ers-by as they may see fit. The po-
lice ignore them entirely unless a
citizen cares to 60 through the form.
ality Of making a specific complaint
against specific parsonage and will
agree to appear in court 10 prosecute.
Naturally the average citizen is not
anxious to go through so much noto-
riety and rormality, and so CON-
plants are never made. The only
safe rule to follow to spare ones self
annoyance in walking the streets of
London, 1 am told by English people,
is to ignore absolutely any remark,
request or complaint made to you by
any stranger. Ifyou set your face like
a craven image, and turn neither to
the right nor to the left, you will rarely,
if ever, be suspected of being an un.
sophisticated foreigner, with feelings
and sympathies to be worked upon
by the harpies and beggars who
prowl the streets, fighting like cats
and dogs, howling, shouting and
drinking, warring for human prey.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
THE WAY TO GET REFORM.
The Genuine Article Eighteen Carats
Fine.
Ne1o York Ha1ld.

If workingmen have really begun I
a crusade against humbug and sham,
whether found in politics, society OF
anywhere else, they have undertaken
a big job; but they have brilliant,
and, the Herald believes. useful
career before them. If they propose
to demand that federal and municipal
government shall be run in the IN
terest of the greatest number, and
not that of ofice-seekers and ayari.
cious corporations, their efforts viii
be backed by every right thinking.
man in the country.
A crusade of that kind is never
begun at the wrong time, and it is
never without results. The cries,
"Down with humbug - and Down
with sham!" have right royal ring
IN tnem, and II the men VINO give
them utterance mean business and
will deposit their ballots in a way to
back up and buttress their conyic
tlons politics will very soon be clean,
patriotic and sweet smelling. and we
shall recover from the misrule of the
lsst twenty years. If workingmen
want reform, not of the pinchbeck
kind-the kind that polite schemers
howl about when they want to get the
Sins" out and get themselves in-but
the genuine article, eighteen carats
fine, they can have it by palling al.
together and pulling all with their
strength. 1t is a grand day for the
Repablic when the laboring classes
organize for the purposeof making
government purer and more honest.
Let them 60 ahead with a fsm-de-.
termination to denounce the sham"
in everything.
Let them move on the earthworks
of intrenched corruption wherever
they find it.
Let them start an avalanche of
- -
ballots that will bury out of sight
every politician who does not be-,
lieve that public Office is. q public
trust. "
Let them make it thunder all round
the horizon against the invasions of
the peoples rights by, which monopoly
flls it's pockets from the earnings of
| the masses.
A cyclone Of that kind, sweeping.
across the continent and tearing ex-
isting evils up by the roots, is some
thing to be welcomed, not feared.
If it is started BY the workingmen
| rather than by the statesmen Of the
land, all the better.
It will show, what the Herald has.
| always asserted, that both the heart
and the brain of the wage Garner are
| in the right place.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
High Living at Public Expense

The annual report of the House
for the past year shows that there
has been but little reform in the
manner of ezpending the House con-
tingent fund. The board of visitors
to the Naval Academy last year
followed the example Of their pre-
decessors in the matter Of luxuries
paid for out Of the public treasury.
Their bill for eatables and drinkables
amountet to S1,042.99, made up of
sucb items az the following:
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05

A number of teachers were in town
last Saturday. We hope they will
not forget to come to the trachers'
meeting next Saturday. The faith
full need not be reminded, but there
are q number Of teachers who have
never attended. In looking around
we find that Nos. 6 and Z townships
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
Three Distinguished Speakers for Alb
beviIle Colleges.
LAb6erille Medium.

Hon. w. II. Brawley will deliver
the anniversary at Erskine, Hon. }.
s Cothran at the Greenwood Female
College and Hon NJ. c. Butler at the
Greenwood High School. Three bet
ter selections could not have been
made. The people may confidently
expect something scholarly and elo-
ouent from each Of them.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05
Journalism In the West.
Ne1r York Herald.

Western journalism is full of spice
and enterprise. Not your ordinary
adulterated mustard and pepper, but
the genuine article which makes the
tears flow and gives you the whoop-
ing cough. AS for instance: ''Owing
to the death OF the editor there won't
be any leader tomorrow, but look
out for a ripper the day AFTER
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-05

Miss Helen Hodges will close her
school next Friday evening at 8
o'clock with an exhibition and hot
supper for the benefit Of the school.